General ⇒ In-text Figures in APA Manual

[awetawef]

Hello,

I need in-text figures in apa. However, this document class does not allow this to happen (they are pushed to the end of the paper). How can I edit the class file to change this?

Also, how can I disable the figure list that is automatically put in in APA style?

Thanks.

[localghost]

[…] I need intext figures in \documentclass[man]{apa}. However, this document class does not allow this to happen (they are pushed to the end of the paper). How can I edit the apa.cls file to change this? […]

There is no need to edit the original class. The right parameters for placement will do the trick.

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\begin{figure}[!ht]
% Contents of figure
\end{figure}

[…] Also, how can I disable the figure list that is automatically put in in apa style? […]

I don't know the apa class, but I found no information that this is done automatically. Check your source code for a \listoffigures command. Perhaps the outline of the class has more information for you.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten¹

[awetawef]

Thank you for your response; however, using the parameters [!ht] does not fix the problem. I believe it is hard-coded into the document class. The figures still appear at the end of the paper.

I suppose that I would OK with them appearing at the end of the paper if the had captions, but the captions are not displayed at the end of the paper. I get something like this (just showing what the output is, not actual tex):

Figure Captions:
1. blah
2. blah

\newpage

figure 1 here (no caption)

\newpage

figure 2 here (no caption)

Any idea how I can get the captions to show up?

Just to clear things up, here is the code I am using to display a figure:

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\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
  \subfigure[Direction Field for $K=0$, $C=-1$]{
    \includegraphics[scale=.5]{pics/data-0-1.jpeg}
    \label{fig:curv0-1-1}
  }
  \subfigure[Surface for $K=0$, $C=-1$]{
    \includegraphics[scale=.5]{pics/data-0-2.jpg}
    \label{fig:curv0-1-2}
  } 
  \caption[Solution for $K=0$, $C=-\frac{1}{5}$]{Solution for $K=0$, $C=-1$}
  \label{fig:curv0-1}
\end{figure}

[rcassidy]

APA format dictates that the floats go after the reference list and before any appendices. To override this feature, try adding floatsintext as an optional argument in the document class.

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\documentclass[man,floatsintext]{apa6}

[localghost]

APA format dictates that the floats go after the reference list and before any appendices. To override this feature, try adding floatsintext as an optional argument in the document class. […]

At the time the question has been asked here — which is almost five(!) years ago — the apa6 class didn't exist. And the old apa class doesn't offer this option.